Marisa Kendall SiliconBeat Sick of spending hours stuck in traffic on your morning commute? Uber has a solution. Take to the skies. The San Francisco-based ride-hailing company on Thursday published a 97-page document laying out its vision for a world in which the commute lane is over our heads — literally. The so-called “flying cars” Uber envisions actually are vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, … Continue reading Uber envisions a world of flying cars

The United States has put artificial intelligence at the center of its defensestrategy, with weapons that can identify targets and make decisions. Matthew Rosenberg & John Markoff The New York Times CAMP EDWARDS, Mass. — The small drone, with its six whirring rotors,swept past the replica of a Middle Eastern village and closed in on a mosque-like structure, its camera scanning for targets. No humans … Continue reading The Pentagon’s ‘Terminator Conundrum’: Robots That Could Kill on Their Own

Melanie Zanona The Hill The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) unveiled new guidelines on Monday to help automakers respond to the threat of cyberattacks, as the administration braces for a world of connected and automated vehicles. NHSTA already asked automakers to consider cybersecurity in a 15-point safety assessment that was tucked into recently released federal guidelines for self-driving cars. But the best practices issued Monday go … Continue reading Feds issue cybersecurity guidelines for automakers

Luis R. Miranda The Real Agenda News A Robocop army taking over major military missions around the world is still far from being a reality, but that does not mean that the world’s military powers are not working hard to make that scenario into reality as soon as they can. If you think that remotely controlled or semi-autonomous vehicles are too much to take, wait … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence Wars: Your Army will no Longer Need You